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Submission Deadline

Marks and Feedback

Before 10am on:
14/01/2020

20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)
15 working days after deadline (L6)
10 working days after deadline (block delivery)
18/02/2021

Unit title & code

SPO100-2

Assignment number and title

2 –Skills Workbook

Assignment type

Portfolio

Weighting of assignment
100%

Size or length of assessment

3000 extra words

Unit learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate both critical and practical understanding of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research within the field of sport and physical activity
2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
Apply knowledge and understanding of qualitative and quantitative research in a comprehensive format suitable within the field of sport and physical activity.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Assessment 2: Qualitative Research Skills Portfolio

You will complete different practical tasks and situations each week. Tasks must be written up and independent learning and reading undertaken and recorded as a workbook, and you will get verbal feedback about your personal skills progress regularly. This assessment will develop your ability to observe in real life settings, teach you how to collect data and then how to handle and analyse the data. It will require you to be reflective about your progress and be analytical each week. Each task is equally weighted.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Complete a reflective research E-portfolio that comprises various practical research tasks such as observation, note taking, coding, and interview technique. Reflect upon your own journey as a new qualitative researcher

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

1. You must engage with the practical tasks week by week in the workshops.
2. You need to ‘keep up to date’ in the workbook entries
3. You need to apply the theories to the practical tasks.
4. You need to have a feasible ethnographic focus (COVID) and carry out your independent study from design to analysis.
5. You must show a good quality of grammar and writing.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

During online and face to face learning you will engage with research philosophies and paradigms for qualitative research (ontologies, epistemologies). You will learn how to position your own research. Research methodologies: case study, cross-sectional research ethnography / auto-ethnography and narrative research will be discussed. Research methods: interviewing and focus groups, naturalistic observation, photo elicitation, collating existing sources, documentary methods will be practically embedded into the workshops. Week by week the workbook task will form the center of the learning and you will be able to do the majority of the workbook entry in class. You will practice analysis techniques: thematic analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory, coding and interpretation with support. The later entries will allow for some independent study – picking a focus, entering a setting ethically, collecting data, applying a sociological lens, writing and displaying data.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

3rd Class – 40-49%

Lower 2nd – 50-59%

Upper 2nd – 60-69%

1st Class – 70%+

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Some tasks are done to a reasonable level of understanding, reflection and academic rigor. There are lots of gaps.

The majority of tasks are done to a good level of understanding, reflection and academic rigor. There are some gaps.

All tasks are done to a very good level of understanding, reflection and academic rigor.
There are few gaps.

All tasks are done to an excellent level of understanding, reflection and academic rigor. Complete tasks.

2

Some attempt at coding, more practice is needed. A descriptive account of the tasks.

Good thematic coding. Sound analysis in the tasks.

Very good thematic coding. A critical approach is clearly attempted in order to analyse the tasks

Excellent thematic coding. A quality critical evaluations and analysis in each task.

3

Some ethical issues. Data collection is limited. Coding is attempted but not always accurate. There is limited use of appropriate academic literature to support points made within your discussion. There may be reliance on web sources.

Ethics has been discussed. Good data collection. Coding is satisfactory. There is limited use of appropriate academic literature to support points made within your discussion. tends to be textbook descriptions.

Ethical design. Very good data collection. Coding is very good. There is a good use of different relevant pieces of appropriate empirical academic literature, perhaps with textbook support, to support points made within the analysis.

The ethnographic task is set up ethically. Data collection is excellent. Coding is accurate. Synthesis of a range of academic empirical literature in critical studies that support points made within the analysis.

4

Presentation and academic writing has a basic structure and clarity. Grammatical and sentence errors are apparent and the UOB Harvard approach to citations and referencing has errors.

Presentation and academic writing has a basic structure and clarity. Some grammatical and sentence errors are apparent and the UOB Harvard approach to citations and referencing has inconsistencies.

Presentation and academic writing is structured effectively with good coherence. Few grammatical errors and inconsistencies in the approach to UOB Harvard citations and referencing.

Presentation and academic writing is clear and coherent with fluid discussion. There are minimal grammatical errors and a consistently correct (UOB Harvard) approach to citations and referencing.

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Assessment 2: Qualitative Research Skills Portfolio

You will complete different practical

tasks and situations each week.

Tasks must be written up and independent

learning and reading undertaken and recorded as a workbook, and you will get verbal feedback about your personal

skills progress

regularly. This assessment will develop your ability to observe in real life settings, teach you how to

collect data and then how to handle and analyse the data. It will require you to be reflective about your progress and

be analytical each week. Each tas

k is equally weighted

.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Submission Deadli

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Marks and

F

eedback

Before

10am on:

14

/01

/2020

20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)

15 working days after deadline (L6)

10 working days after

deadline (block delivery)

18/

02/2021

Unit title & code

SPO100

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Assignment number and title

2

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Skills Wor

kbook

Assignment

type

Portfolio

Weighting of ass

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100%

Size or length of assessment

3

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extra words

Unit learning

outcomes

1.

Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

Demonstrate both critical and practical understanding of both qualitative and

quantitative approaches to research within the field of sport and physical activity

2.

Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

Apply knowledge and understanding of qualitativ

e and quantitative research in a

comprehensive format suitable within the field of sport and physical activity.

What am I required to do in this assignment?
Assessment 2: Qualitative Research Skills Portfolio

You will complete different practical tasks and situations each week. Tasks must be written up and independent
learning and reading undertaken and recorded as a workbook, and you will get verbal feedback about your personal
skills progress regularly. This assessment will develop your ability to observe in real life settings, teach you how to
collect data and then how to handle and analyse the data. It will require you to be reflective about your progress and
be analytical each week. Each task is equally weighted.
What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback
Before 10am on:
14/01/2020
20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)
15 working days after deadline (L6)
10 working days after deadline (block delivery)
18/02/2021
Unit title & code
SPO100-2
Assignment number and title
2 –Skills Workbook
Assignment type
Portfolio
Weighting of assignment
100%
Size or length of assessment
3000 extra words
Unit learning outcomes
1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate both critical and practical understanding of both qualitative and
quantitative approaches to research within the field of sport and physical activity
2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
Apply knowledge and understanding of qualitative and quantitative research in a
comprehensive format suitable within the field of sport and physical activity.